Du Pont sees 23 per cent drop in sales in 1938
Lamot Du Pont told the Senate unemployment investigating committee that E I Du Pont De Nemours and Co expects a 23 percent sales decline in the first half of 1938 versus 1937. He warned of ongoing recession and cited tax uncertainty price fears debt and labor strikes as factors.
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Washington
Lamot du Pont
Senate
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Chemical Manufacturing Company
Insurgents Win Ground At Teruel
Insurgent forces expanded the battle around Teruel as government troops claimed the provincial capital. Dispatches said counterattacks were planned to blunt insurgent gains on the north and south flanks while Franco’s troops pressed forward in Villastar and La Coca, threatening to sever government communications and supply links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Teruel
la Coca
Francisco Franco
Villastar
Two Indiana crossing crashes kill eight and injure ten
In Indianapolis a weekend toll rose to twelve dead and ten injured in statewide traffic mishaps. A fast passenger train struck an Anderson city bus, killing four of ten aboard and injuring six. Names include Daisy Hoffner 53 Dora Ann Modlin eight and Charles E Johnson 38. Earlier a passenger train hit an auto near Waldron killing four from the Hamilton family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Anderson
Daisy Hoffner
John Nagle
Dora Ann Modlin
Charles E. Johnson
Pendleton
Ind
Fred Lytle
Waldron
Hamilton
George Leveline
Otto
Jacob
Unison Furnace High Students Tour Daily News
Students from commercial and industrial geography classes at Unison Furnace High School toured the Daily News this afternoon. They observed publishing processes and watched the paper roll off the press under the chaperonage of teacher Herman Pilis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unison Furnace High School
The
Daily News
Herman Pilis
Carbon Hillman Gets School Post
Spiking the guns of two new members who take office Jan 15, the outgoing Hocking County Board of Education voted unanimously Friday night to hire Samuel H. Dillon, head of Ward Township schools, to succeed J. W. Coleman as county superintendent when Mr. Coleman retires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
William Sayre
Homer Hedges
Coleman
Mr. Dillon
J. W. Coleman
Pitter
David Thorne
Lawrence Hedges
O. H. Bryan
Clarenc Matheny
Jess McGrady
Dillon
Dave Thorne
Carbon Hill
Clesboro
Rockbridge
Ward Township
Maxville
Youngest great grandmother claims national record in Lynn
Mrs Eleanor Goguen 55 of Lynn Mass says she is the youngest great grandmother in the United States with a strategic move by the county school board. The old board plans to hire Dillon as county superintendent after J W Coleman retires in August 1939, amid shifts as new board members take seats January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Goguen
Lynn
Mass
Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge In Common Pleas Court
Arthur Buskirk of Vinton County pled guilty to assault and battery on Ray Harper after two witnesses testified. Judge Henderson fined him ten dollars plus costs for technical assault. The beer parlor fight also involved Raymond Buskirk and Roy Cavince. Raymond Buskirk already pleaded guilty and is serving a 30 day sentence with a $50 fine. Next trial Wednesday features Frank Pieterouski on non-support. Jury members present include Mrs. Walter Leonard and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Arthur Buskirk
Vinton County
Ray Harper
South Bloomingville
Phil A. Henderson
Buskirk
Harper
Raymond Buskirk
Roy Cavince
South Perry
Cavinee
Frank Pieterouski
Walter Leonard
Walter Huffman
W. R. Cherry
Charles Lewis
Clarence Klump
Mike McBride
Albert Swackhammer
Carl Engle
Vern Bowen
John Funk
George Archer
William James
Fire Department Receives $75 Donation For Firefighters
City Auditor Josephine Hansel announced a $75 check from National Fireproofing Co of Hayderville to aid in a recent plant fire response. Ten firemen will receive $5 each while remaining funds cover truck operating costs. Council may need to amend the salary ordinance to pay the firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Hansel
National Fireproofing Co
Hayderville
Labor Mayor Puts City on CIO Union Basis in Duquesne
Elmer J. Maloy, the 41 year old CIO organizer elected mayor of Duquesne, ordered a 40 hour five day week for all city workers. He cut hours in fire, street and police, created 17 new jobs, and raised pay from 62 to 75 cents an hour while pledging no tax increase and $7,000 annual savings from traffic-light cuts and job mergers. Police get seven dollars a day, firemen six dollars, and drivers seven dollars and seventy five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne
Elmer J. Maloy
Pittsburgh
CIO
Maloy
Rubens Passport Scheme Tied to New York Clerk
A former Egyptian consulate clerk in New York Aaron Sharfin is suspected of arranging passports for the enigmatic Donald L. Robinsons identified as Mr and Mrs Adolph Rubens. Sharfin, slated for federal grand jury questioning, refused to discuss the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aaron Sharfin
Donald L. Robinsons
Adolph Rubens
Sharfin
Gary Cooper Now Highest Paid Star
Gary Cooper was the top paid movie star in 1936 with 370 214 dollars, surpassing Mae West and Claudette Colbert. Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors led all executives with 561 511 dollars, and twelve GM executives earned over 300 000 dollars. Ronald Colman and Claudette Colbert earned 362 500 and 350 833 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gary Cooper
House
Alfred P. Sloan
Cooper
Ronald Colman
Claudette Colbert
Justice Cardozo Slightly Improves After Heart Attacks
Physicians say Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, 67, has had alarm ing heart attacks and shingles. He cannot return to the Supreme Court bench soon and must be kept absolutely quiet as doctors report slight improvement after a month of illness and extended bed rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Juria
Supreme Court
John Paul Earnest
Cardozo
Sheriff Held in Dynamite Deaths in Tennessee
Elizabethton Tennessee January 10 AP Sheriff J M Moreland reports Sheriff W L Wallin of nearby Bledsoe County jailed on accessory after the fact in a dynamite blast that killed three children near here Friday Three men White Crave Tollett and Lee Walker of Pikeville Tenn were charged with murder in the same blast Arraignment for eight other suspects plus a woman was postponed pending further investigation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethton
Tenn
J. M. Moreland
W. L. Wallin
Bledsoe County
Here
Moreland
Wallin
White
Crave Tollett
Lee Walker
Pikeville
Local youths hurt in Lancaster auto crash
Lewis Haynes 26 and his brother Raymond 20 of Logan Route 5 were seriously cut on scalp and face when their car skidded off the road south of Lancaster. They were taken to Lancaster Hospital with Lewis leaving after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Haynes
Raymond
Logan
Lancaster
Lancaster Hospital
Lewis
Ohio Democrats and Republicans clash over war referendum
In Columbus Ohio on January 10 1940 Democrats face discord ahead of the August primary as Charles Sawyer calls for party policy rehabilitation and hints at a gubernatorial bid The Jackson Day dinner featured talks by Sawyer Governor Davey and others amid graft and inquiry tensions with the Senate and Yoder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Norwood
Cincinnati
Martin L. Davey
Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Roosevelt
Ohio General Assembly
Davey
House
Paul P. Yoder
Senate
House Democrats
Ross Co Orator Contest Winner Named
Miss Helen Wilt of Bourneville was chosen winner of the congressional district Prince of Peace contest at Northminster Presbyterian Church Columbus. Another Ross County entrant was named alternate. Leonard McKinley of Green Township, a Hocking County contestant, did not place but was praised for his oration. He attended with instructors Miss Bartelle Hamilton and Miss Iris Lowry from Logan High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Wilt
Bourneville
Ross Co
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Ross County
Leonard McKinley
Green Township
Hocking County
Bartelle Hamilton
Iris Lowry
Logan High
Warehouse fire destroys Frechtling grocer's ruinous loss
The E. H. Frechtling grocery warehouse in Waresburg Hamilton, Ohio, was destroyed by fire today. The blaze caused an estimated loss of about $200,000, with authorities assessing the extent of damage and investigation underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, O
E. H. Frechtling Grocery
Emperor to Meet War Lords in Japan Policy Talk
Tokyo reports an imperial conference to be held with Emper or Hirohito presiding to decide Japan's policy toward China. The gathering marks only the third such conference in modern times, aiming to determine whether to pursue peace or continued hostilities as Chiang Kai-shek's anti-Japanese stance endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japanese Marimes Occupy Tsingtao Quietly
Japanese marines entered the port of Tsingtao without resistance as Tokyo ordered an imperial conference to decide China policy. Premier Konoye presented the government plan to the emperor and high officials from the foreign affairs, army, navy, home, and finance ministries will attend the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsingtao
North China
Fumimaro Konoye
China
Imperial Conference
Imperial
Foreign Office
Accidents Kill Four Ohio Residents Over Weekend
A cold wave blanketed Ohio with snow as one traffic death and other fatalities occurred. William Grant, 72, was found frozen to death in Columbus. Jacob Mayer, 21, died in Cincinnati when his car failed to turn in a city park drive. A gas stove asphyxiation killed Raymond Landrum, 27, of Roseville, and Jess ie Portney, 45, of Zanesville, at a tourist camp cottage five miles south of Zanesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
William Grant
Jacob Mayer
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Raymond Daniel
Raymond Landrum
Roseville
Jessie Portney
Fire protection project in Laurelville moves forward
Work begins this week on laying 3200 feet of pipe and installing a new electrically equipped Seagrave fire engine, three bids, and hydrants citywide. Laurelville and nearby townships join Perry Salt Creek Colerain Adelphi for annual maintenance costs while the old truck will be rebuilt for rural service. The system pumps water from four fire wells to hoses at hydrants for local protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurelville
Seagrave Corporation of Columbus
White Hardware
Perry
Salt Creek
Hocking County
Salt Creek Township
Pickaway County
Colerain
Ross County
Adelphi
Warning From FDR Precedes Vote On Plan
The House rejected floor consideration of a proposed war referendum to the constitution by 209 to 188. President Roosevelt warned Congress that a war referendum amendment would cripple a president in foreign affairs and invite other nations to infringe American rights with impunity. The letter was read to the House as members prepared to vote on calling up the amendment.
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Washington
House
Bankhead
Congress
Roosevelt
Rep
Ludlow
Judiciary Committee
Panay
Head
United States
Administration foes seek to block Ludlow war referendum
Administration leaders urged house members to vote against taking up Rep Ludlow’s referendum on a constitutional amendment requiring a popular vote before U S could enter a foreign war. Officials predicted a close vote with aims to end the measure quickly if defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
United States
Rayburn
Texas
Boland
Pennsylvania
Judiciary Group
Former Resident Dies in Illinois
Clarence C. Haybron, 68, born in Logan and long-time Danville brick yard foreman, died this morning. His sister Mrs. Ella Guess and two daughters Mrs. Fred Williams and Mrs. Emma Lemon, along with grandson Harry Guess, plan to attend the funeral after leaving tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Guess
Clarence C. Haybron
Danville
Ill
Mr. Haybron
Logan
Haybron
Grandda
Fred Williams
Emma Lemon
Harry Guess
Firemen Rescue Bishop From Lansing Diocese Enclosure
Firemen saved Bishop Joseph H. H. Albers from a blaze at the Lansing diocese enclosur e building. He was not burned but treated for smoke inhalation and remained under care at St Lawrence Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing, Mich
Joseph HH. Albers
Lansing
St. Laynes Hodwepital
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DU Pont
Carbon Hillman
S. H. Dillon
U. S
Fire Department
Justice Cardozo
John H. Colburn
Ross CO. Orator
Warelguse Burns
Louise Wynne
Raleigh
N. C
Cleveland
American Road Builders’ Association
Bulletin
Illinois
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